Chapter 296: Entering the Otherworld

Chapter 296: Chapter 296: Entering the Otherworld

Lin Qi listened quietly to Wan Ming’s explanation. He suddenly thought of Jiangtao.

Jiangtao’s parents had come to the Otherworld to participate in the great pioneering effort, hoping to earn a fortune and improve their family’s circumstances.

He and Jiang Miaoyin found their Mysterious Waterdrop Gemstone in the Otherworld, and it was a priceless treasure.

Some of what Wan Ming said, he’d learned online, while other parts had been covered in his Martial Arts General Education Course.

But there was also information he didn’t know.

Now, Wan Ming was presenting it all to him in a consolidated fashion. 𝘧𝓇ℯℴ𝓂

"Our Azure Sky Martial Arts Academy has a huge Space Gate that connects to the Otherworld. It operates 365 days a year and will only close if the War Base is destroyed."

Wan Ming poured himself another cup of hot tea and continued.

Just then, a large screen materialized in the air, displaying their fighter jet’s location.

"Wan Ming is correct. We’re about to arrive at the entrance to the Otherworld."

Dean Liu had returned from the cockpit and was the one who had projected the screen.

Lin Qi’s eyes were fixed on the screen. Their perspective was a high-altitude view of the land below, which was covered by a sprawling, endless steel behemoth that exuded an air of slaughter.

It lay dormant on the land, with countless large transport vehicles crawling across it like ants.

Their destination was the same: a massive, circular white portal in the distance, radiating concentric ripples!

It was as if someone had punched a tunnel through thin air.

Situated within a black steel wall, its diameter exceeded three hundred meters. You could even see the black steel base on the other side.

Massive transport vehicles moved in and out ceaselessly, carrying the enormous corpses of Calamity Beasts and large pieces of equipment.

At the same time, other rugged transport vehicles, like steel behemoths in their own right, also moved back and forth, operating in an orderly fashion.

Even fighter jets like their own were entering from the sky.

"Brace yourselves, everyone. The Otherworld has triple gravity!" Dean Liu suddenly announced.

The moment he finished speaking, the fighter jet on the screen plunged straight through the Space Gate.

VMMMM!!

An invisible weight pressed down on the entire fighter jet. The tabletop shook violently before quickly settling.

At the same time, Lin Qi felt as if he had stepped into a Gravity Room. The triple gravity washed over him like a tidal wave, enveloping every part of his body.

The others frowned as well.

They could feel the triple gravity settling over them.

It was as if their bodies were weighted down with blocks of lead.

Although they had long since adapted to gravity changes of six or seven times the norm, having to bear triple gravity constantly would still be uncomfortable.

It was a sensation they would have to get used to.

Lin Qi could already feel his body instinctively begin to counteract the omnipresent Source Energy.

He could also sense a flood of luminous motes pouring into the fighter jet.

’It’s Source Energy!’

He could clearly feel the Source Energy seeping into the fighter jet.

’The Otherworld is no joke. The Source Energy is so dense! I can feel it the moment we entered.’

He turned his gaze back to the large screen. Now that they were in the Otherworld, the view was still dominated by the black steel behemoth as far as the eye could see.

There were endless steel walls of the base, metallic spheres hovering in the air, and all sorts of cold, massive weapons mounted on the ramparts.

The sky, however, looked no different from the one on Blue Star.

"So this is the Otherworld? The Source Energy has really gotten denser."

"I feel my Flowing Water has become more active."

Wan Ming waved his hands, and blue patterns materialized across his skin.

The others’ auras also began to fluctuate, strengthening and weakening unpredictably, as if beyond their control.

Everyone began to acclimate to the new changes in their bodies.

Lin Qi felt the same. A certain power within his body was also stirring, eager to move.

"Everyone, welcome to the Otherworld!"

Dean Liu said with a hearty laugh.

He pointed at the large screen and said:

"We’re almost at our destination!"

"The place we’re in now is the main encampment of Azure Sky Base in the Otherworld."

"The Azure Sky Base main encampment is immense. It took twenty-eight years to build and covers 1,024 hectares!"

"It is the most magnificent War Base ever built in the Otherworld, not just by our Xia Country, but by all of Blue Star! It possesses the strongest defensive and combat capabilities!"

"Even if a Ninth-Level Calamity Beast were to start a Disaster Beast Tide, it would meet its end here!" Dean Liu declared with confidence.

Lin Qi was stunned. The War Base was so vast, it was no exaggeration to call it a city of steel built in the Otherworld.

And it had all been built over twenty-eight years.

"And here we are!"

Dean Liu said suddenly. On the large screen, a series of pyramids radiating a dazzling light came into view.

The pyramids were immense, each over a hundred meters tall, arranged in a staggered, orderly pattern.

"Those pyramids...?" Wan Ming asked, his eyes lighting up as he stared at the screen.

Dean Liu nodded and smiled.

"That’s right. The pyramids you’re seeing are where the corpses of Ninth-Level Calamity Beasts are stored."

Lin Qi gazed out. The field of pyramids was so vast he couldn’t see the end of it.

"We’ve arrived!"

THUD!!

A minute later, the deep-red fighter jet slowly descended onto a spacious airfield.

Several other fighter jets of various colors landed alongside it.

HSSSS!!

The cabin door slowly opened, and figures began to emerge one by one.

Lin Qi followed Wan Ming and the others out of the jet.

The triple gravity forced them to walk much more slowly than usual.

The first thing they saw was a vast airfield.

Next to it stood towering steel buildings, their walls constructed from a special metal that reflected the sunlight.

Various pieces of high-level equipment and advanced instruments were installed in the corners.

Lined up before them were rows of massive, white, intelligent robots.

A few men and women were standing there, waiting for them.

In the center stood a middle-aged man in a red and white robe. He had deep-set, sculpted features and a rugged jawline, possessing the handsome look of someone with mixed heritage.

He exuded a terrifying aura, and his Qi Blood was immense.

Lin Qi could sense that the man was a Seventh Realm Martial Artist.

"Welcome, students of Azure Sky Martial Arts Academy!"

The man smiled and spoke, his tone crisp and clear.

Dean Liu chuckled and extended a hand. "Old Yi, long time no see."

"Old Liu, I didn’t expect you to come too!"

"Let me introduce you all. This is Yi Wei, the one in charge of managing the Ninth-Level Calamity Beast corpses. You can call him Teacher Yi. He used to be a teacher at our academy as well," Dean Liu explained to the group.

Teacher Yi glanced over the students. Each one had a powerful aura; they were clearly the top geniuses among Azure Sky Martial Arts Academy’s new class.

Then, his gaze landed on Lin Qi.

Because Lin Qi was the only un-Awakened genius in the group.

He immediately stood out from the rest.

"Everyone, please follow me. I’ll take you to your quarters!"

"You can connect to the intelligent robots to have them carry your luggage."

As he spoke, the intelligent robots began to slowly retrieve everyone’s luggage. Rows of cart-like robots loaded the baggage onto themselves and followed the group.

The group boarded a tour vehicle and followed Yi Wei out of the airfield.

Outside the airfield were massive steel structures where staff and intelligent robots bustled about. After a short drive, they arrived at the residential area.

This area was completely different from the others. It was landscaped with gardens, among which sat numerous three-story villas.

Yi Wei explained to everyone from his seat in the tour vehicle:

"Everyone, construction costs are high in the Otherworld, so these villas are quite a bit smaller than the ones back on Blue Star. Please bear with us."

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